Just to be clear smart phones are made to minimize energy use. BOINC, and the projects that run on BOINC are made to maximize power usage. I think you see the dilemma here. Do you want your charge to last the maximum time or do you want to keep your mobile device plugged in constantly.

The second problem lies in the CPU for smart phones. There usually isn't an FPU math coprocessor onboard which is great at keeping energy use down to a minimum. Horrible if you are crunching numbers like the demands of pretty much any work crunched using BOINCIn a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
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See http://wuprop.boinc-af.org/results/arm.py for which projects might be able to run on ARM devices, and on which phones this has been tested. The best thing to run on the Android phones is the NCI or Non-CPU-Intensive applications. Otherwise be prepared to empty your battery in an instant. Jord

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Just to be clear smart phones are made to minimize energy use. BOINC, and the projects that run on BOINC are made to maximize power usage. I think you see the dilemma here. Do you want your charge to last the maximum time or do you want to keep your mobile device plugged in constantly.

The second problem lies in the CPU for smart phones. There usually isn't an FPU math coprocessor onboard which is great at keeping energy use down to a minimum. Horrible if you are crunching numbers like the demands of pretty much any work crunched using BOINC

Using any such Projects/Tasks on The Highest Quality Phone would be like Running The Highest Energy Rating Game 24/7. Can you imagine how many batteries you'd need in your pocket. Also, your Data Usage would Skyrocket. Then you have to consider The Reception Dropouts. Forget It.GALAXY-VOYAGER